BHP Billiton's Integrated Remote Operations Centre Opens in Perth

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A supervising control officer talks to his colleagues as they monitor the flow of iron ore from pit-to-port at BHP Billiton Ltd.'s new Integrated Remote Operations Centre in Perth, Australia, on Tuesday, July 2, 2013. BHP Billiton is the world's largest mining company. Photographer: Sergio Dionisio/Bloomberg via Getty Images

A supervising control officer talks to his colleagues as they monitor the flow of iron ore from pit-to-port at BHP Billiton Ltd.'s new Integrated Remote Operations Centre in Perth, Australia, on Tuesday, July 2, 2013. BHP Billiton is the world's largest mining company. Photographer: Sergio Dionisio/Bloomberg via Getty Images

BHP Billiton's Integrated Remote Operations Centre Opens in Perth

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Jimmy Wilson, president of iron ore at BHP Billiton Ltd., stands for a photograph at a launch event for the company's new Integrated Remote Operations Centre in Perth, Australia, on Tuesday, July 2, 2013. BHP Billiton is the world's largest mining company. Photographer: Sergio Dionisio/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Jimmy Wilson, president of iron ore at BHP Billiton Ltd., stands for a photograph at a launch event for the company's new Integrated Remote Operations Centre in Perth, Australia, on Tuesday, July 2, 2013. BHP Billiton is the world's largest mining company. Photographer: Sergio Dionisio/Bloomberg via Getty Images

BHP Billiton's Integrated Remote Operations Centre Opens in Perth

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A control officer talks on the telephone as he and a colleague monitor the flow of iron ore from pit-to-port at BHP Billiton Ltd.'s new Integrated Remote Operations Center in Perth, Australia, on Tuesday, July 2, 2013. BHP Billiton is the world's largest mining company. Photographer: Sergio Dionisio/Bloomberg via Getty Images

A control officer talks on the telephone as he and a colleague monitor the flow of iron ore from pit-to-port at BHP Billiton Ltd.'s new Integrated Remote Operations Center in Perth, Australia, on Tuesday, July 2, 2013. BHP Billiton is the world's largest mining company. Photographer: Sergio Dionisio/Bloomberg via Getty Images

BHP Billiton's Integrated Remote Operations Centre Opens in Perth

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Jimmy Wilson, president of iron ore at BHP Billiton Ltd., gestures as he speaks at a launch event for the company's new Integrated Remote Operations Centre in Perth, Australia, on Tuesday, July 2, 2013. BHP Billiton is the world's largest mining company. Photographer: Sergio Dionisio/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Jimmy Wilson, president of iron ore at BHP Billiton Ltd., gestures as he speaks at a launch event for the company's new Integrated Remote Operations Centre in Perth, Australia, on Tuesday, July 2, 2013. BHP Billiton is the world's largest mining company. Photographer: Sergio Dionisio/Bloomberg via Getty Images

BHP Billiton's Integrated Remote Operations Centre Opens in Perth

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Jimmy Wilson, president of iron ore at BHP Billiton Ltd., speaks at a media event for the launch of the company's new Integrated Remote Operations Centre in Perth, Australia, on Tuesday, July 2, 2013. BHP Billiton is the world's largest mining company. Photographer: Sergio Dionisio/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Jimmy Wilson, president of iron ore at BHP Billiton Ltd., speaks at a media event for the launch of the company's new Integrated Remote Operations Centre in Perth, Australia, on Tuesday, July 2, 2013. BHP Billiton is the world's largest mining company. Photographer: Sergio Dionisio/Bloomberg via Getty Images

BHP Billiton's Integrated Remote Operations Centre Opens in Perth

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Control officers monitor the flow of iron ore from pit-to-port in this three-image composite taken at BHP Billiton Ltd.'s new Intergrated Remote Operations Center in Perth, Australia, on Tuesday, July 2, 2013. BHP Billiton is the world's largest mining company. Photographer: Sergio Dionisio/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Control officers monitor the flow of iron ore from pit-to-port in this three-image composite taken at BHP Billiton Ltd.'s new Intergrated Remote Operations Center in Perth, Australia, on Tuesday, July 2, 2013. BHP Billiton is the world's largest mining company. Photographer: Sergio Dionisio/Bloomberg via Getty Images